Dr Jill M. O'Mahony
Lecturer in Sociology
Email: [email protected]
Biography
Jill O'Mahony is a lecturer in the Department of Arts. Jill graduated with a double major Bachelor's of Arts in Sociology and English from NUI Maynooth in 2005, and in 2008 she recieved her MA from the University of Manchester in Post 1900: Literature, Theory and Culture. In 2014 she graduated with her doctorate in Sociology.
Jill has been a member of staff in the Waterford Institute of Technology since 2008. She has taught Sociology on the Arts, Social Science, Early Childhood Studies, Criminal Justice Studies and Social Care courses.
Jill's areas of interest include maritime sociology, postcolonial studies, political anthropology, cultural sociology, sexuality and gender and political sociology.
Professional Organisations:
Book Review Editor for the Irish Journal of Anthropology 2016 →
Secretary of the Sociological Association of Ireland 2015 →
Peer-Reviewer for Journal of International Political Anthropology 2015 →
Member of COST action Oceans Past Platform 2015 →
Member of the Sociological Association of Ireland 2010 →
Member of the Postcolonial Studies Association 2014 →
Member of The International Organisation for the study of Religion and Gender 2014 →
Member of the Anthropological Association of Ireland 2016 →
Member of the International Political Anthropology 2010 →
Edited Books
O’Mahony, J. M. & O,hAoda, M. 2011. The Willow’s Whisper, Cambridge Scholar’s Press: Newcastle.
Articles
O’Mahony, J.M. 2018. chapter in Holm, Poul and Brady, Niall. Bayscapes, 'Work Identity in Irish Fishing Villages: An exploration of the socio-economic dimensions of fishing villages in the South and East of Ireland.'. Sidestone Press.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2018. Sovereign State, Occupied Bodies (Forthcoming).
O’Mahony, J.M. 2011. Searching for Tradition Poetry Ireland. Dublin.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2014. Theorising Beyond Critique: Celebrity Society. Firenze Press: Florence.
Guest Speaking
O’Mahony, J.M. 2011. 'Irish Poetry and Imagery.' Irish Society and Culture Summer School. University of Limerick.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2013. 'Imagery, Meaning and Poetry in Irish Language and Native American cultures.' School of Irish Studies, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University.
Conferences
O’Mahony, J.M. 2009. 'Ecstatic Poetry.' International Political Anthropology. WIT.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2012. 'Truth and Representations.' Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilisation. UCC.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2013. 'Poesis and the Abyss.' International Political Anthropology. WIT.
O’Mahony, J. M. 2014. 'Sovereignty and the Female body in postcolonial Ireland.' Religion and Gender. Utrecht University. Netherlands.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2015. 'Social Solidarity in Fishing Communities.' Sociological Association of Ireland. Trinity College Dublin.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2016. 'Culture, Economy and Gender in Fishing Villages.' Bayscapes: Oceans Past Platform. Trinity College Dublin.
Edited Books
O’Mahony, J. M. & O,hAoda, M. 2011. The Willow’s Whisper, Cambridge Scholar’s Press: Newcastle.
Articles
O’Mahony, J.M. 2018. chapter in Holm, Poul and Brady, Niall. Bayscapes, 'Work Identity in Irish Fishing Villages: An exploration of the socio-economic dimensions of fishing villages in the South and East of Ireland.'. Sidestone Press.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2018. Sovereign State, Occupied Bodies (Forthcoming).
O’Mahony, J.M. 2011. Searching for Tradition Poetry Ireland. Dublin.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2014. Theorising Beyond Critique: Celebrity Society. Firenze Press: Florence.
Guest Speaking
O’Mahony, J.M. 2011. 'Irish Poetry and Imagery.' Irish Society and Culture Summer School. University of Limerick.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2013. 'Imagery, Meaning and Poetry in Irish Language and Native American cultures.' School of Irish Studies, Glucksman Ireland House, New York University.
Conferences
O’Mahony, J.M. 2009. 'Ecstatic Poetry.' International Political Anthropology. WIT.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2012. 'Truth and Representations.' Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilisation. UCC.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2013. 'Poesis and the Abyss.' International Political Anthropology. WIT.
O’Mahony, J. M. 2014. 'Sovereignty and the Female body in postcolonial Ireland.' Religion and Gender. Utrecht University. Netherlands.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2015. 'Social Solidarity in Fishing Communities.' Sociological Association of Ireland. Trinity College Dublin.
O’Mahony, J.M. 2016. 'Culture, Economy and Gender in Fishing Villages.' Bayscapes: Oceans Past Platform. Trinity College Dublin.